The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011
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The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011
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ANIMALS, WALESMade28 September 2011Laid before the National Assembly for Wales28 September 2011Coming into force19 October 2011The Welsh Ministers are designated(1) for the purposes of making Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union.These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in that section and it appears to the Welsh Ministers that it is expedient for the references to the European instruments in Schedule 1 to these Regulations to be construed as references to those instruments as amended from time to time.In accordance with section 56(1) of the Finance Act 1973(3) , the Treasury consent to the making of these Regulations.The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1 A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.PART 1IntroductionTitle, application and commencement1. The title of these Regulations is the Trade in Animals and Related Products (Wales) Regulations 2011. They apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 19 October 2011.Interpretation2.—(1) In these Regulations—“animal” (“anifail”) means an animal of any kind, including a bird, fish or invertebrate;“enforcement authority” (“awdurdod gorfodi”) has the meaning given in regulation 31;“genetic material” (“deunydd genetig”) means hatching eggs and animal semen, ova or embryos;“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means in relation to an area, the county or county borough council for that area;“port health authority” (“awdurdod iechyd porthladd”) means in relation to any port health district constituted by order under section 2(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 , a port health authority for that district constituted by order under section 2(4) of that Act;“product” (“cynnyrch”) means a product listed in Annex I to Commission Decision 2007/275/EC(4) (concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC(5) and 97/78/EC(6)) and, in addition, hay and straw.(2) All references in Schedule 1 to European Union instruments are references to those instruments as amended from time to time.Exceptions for pet animals3.—(1) These Regulations do not apply in relation to pets accompanied by and under the responsibility of a natural person, where—(a) the movement is not the subject of a commercial transaction; and(b)(in the case of cats, dogs and ferrets) not more than five animals in total are travelling with the person.(2) In this regulation “pet” (“anifail anwes”) means any an...See the full content of this document
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